Showing posts with label GREAT ADVICE. Show all posts
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5 September 2013 - GREAT ADVICE


GREAT ADVICE

G'day guys,

Here is some great advice from a lady who turned ninety-years-of-age. They are the 45 lessons that life taught her.

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short – enjoy it.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.




9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

 
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye, but don't worry, God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.




17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19.. It's never too late to be happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.



21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

 22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.




24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.




33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative of dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have, not what you need

42. The best is yet to come ...

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."





Clancy's comment: Mm ... lots of wisdom here. Most is common sense, but that ain't that common these days.

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24 January 2013 - GREAT ADVICE


  GREAT ADVICE

"First I was dying to finish my high school and start college. And then I was dying to finish college and start working. Then I was dying to marry and have children. And then I was dying for my children to grow up. Then I was dying see them marry and have children. Then I was dying to retire. And now I’m dying,  and suddenly I realized I FORGOT TO LIVE!


Don’t let this happen to you. Appreciate your present situation. Enjoy each day."


Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.

Don’t take life too seriously. It’s too short to live the same day twice!! It isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself! 

Appreciate and enjoy every moment of your life.

Don’t ask for life happiness on condition. Happiness can be felt only if you don’t set any conditions."



Clancy's comment: What can I say? I have always had great respect for two groups in our world - the young and our elders. Both require our support and encouragement. The rest of us are big enough and ugly enough to look after ourselves, but do we?

I used to spend a lot of time with holocaust survivors. One of them, Martin, was a beautiful man. He was then 89 years-of-age and one day I asked him what had caused him the most grief. His answer, was quick, sharp and unexpected, 'Things that never happened.' 

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